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Tullius to step up in trip for next start following Doncaster win

DONCASTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Jimmy Fortune riding Tullius (R) win The Betway Doncaster Mile at Doncaster racecourse on March 28, 2015 in Doncaster, Engla
Image: Tullius (right): Will step up in trip for his next outing

Tullius is to step up in trip for his next race following his successful seasonal debut in the Doncaster Mile on Saturday.

Trainer Andrew Balding will consider the nine-furlong Earl Of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket on April 16 and the Gordon Richards Stakes over a mile and a quarter at Sandown on April 24 for the smart seven-year-old.

"I was very pleased with him on Saturday," said the Kingsclere handler.

"He's absolutely fine and we will look at running him over a bit further in the Earl of Sefton or the Gordon Richards Stakes next."

Balding felt Side Glance did not relish the new dirt surface at Meydan when well beaten in the Dubai World Cup on Saturday.

However, the trainer is looking to lower the globetrotting eight-year-old's sights to try to get him back on track.

"He's fine, thankfully, but he didn't take to the surface and what went with it," he said. We'll assess the situation, he's got plenty of options. He hasn't got any penalties to carry this year so we could actually find him an easy target."

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Balding is delighted with the stable's big Classic hope, Racing Post Trophy winner Elm Park, ahead of the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

"I'm really pleased with him. He's started fast work now and he looks great. He's going straight for the Guineas," he said "It's really nice to have a horse of his calibre in the yard."

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